 Turkana man with traditional Turkana clothing | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,016,174[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Turkana | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Ateker peoples and other Nilotic peoples |
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The Turkana are a Nilotic people native to the Turkana County in northwest Kenya, a semi-arid climate region bordering Lake Turkana in the east, Pokot, Rendille and Samburu people to the south, Uganda to the west, South Sudan to the north-west ( Didinga and Toposa ) and Ethiopia to the north.
- ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2020.